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Directional preference may enhance hunting accuracy in foraging foxes

Red foxes hunting small animals show a specific behaviour known as ‘mousing’. The fox jumps high, so that it surprises its prey from above. Hearing seems to be the primary sense for precise prey location in high vegetation or under snow where it cannot be detected with visual cues. A fox preparing f...

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Autores principales: Červený, Jaroslav, Begall, Sabine, Koubek, Petr, Nováková, Petra, Burda, Hynek
Formato: Artigo
Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: The Royal Society 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3097881/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21227977
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.1145
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